Gawkers run to scenes
which stir the blood.
Existential fear draws them on
and eases their souls.
For a moment they
forget they are always
alone.
Always, in all ways.
Finding companionship
wherever they may,
they push loneliness away
and hide their fear
in jeers and cheers.
Sincerity is often lost
in their witnessed strife,
so much a part of life.
Watching without charity
while claiming solidarity
with those who suffer
is never enough to unite us,
to overcome our aloneness.
Those who suffer await more
than witnessing and words.
Action speaks louder than words.
Weapons speak louder during war.
Zelensky clearly explains
“I need ammunition, not a ride.”
He humbly sets aside pride
to admit what we all know.
He is alone,
like all Ukrainians,
like each of us.
Opening boundaries
among nations and hearts
is a good start.
We will remain alone
no matter how much we gawk
unless we do more to atone,
more to end suffering and war
we will always stand alone.
annarino writes 